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Public Speaking Worksheet: Pauses and Pitch

Public speaking lesson 3: Your voice: pauses and pitch · Set 44 · 40 questions
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Speaker's tip (Pause, then rise and fall): Four voice tools: volume (loud or soft), pace (fast or slow), pitch (high or low) and the pause (a short silence). Pause after a key point, after asking the audience a question and before a big reveal. Replace “um” with a silent pause. Match the mood: cheerful and lively, calm and gentle, or serious and steady. Stress a key word a little to make it stand out.

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  1. 1.💡 To make a key word stand out, you can… (a) skip it (b) mumble it (c) stress it a little (d) say it faster
  2. 2.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: slowing down for a phone number? (a) pitch (b) volume (c) pace (d) a pause
  4. 4.True or false: waiting a second before the big reveal is about a pause. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: announcing the Sports Day winners needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: comforting a younger child who is scared needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🎭 Which voice suits announcing the Sports Day winners? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  8. 8.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how high or low your voice sounds? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  9. 9.🎭 Which voice suits wishing everyone a happy festival? (a) cheerful and lively (b) calm and gentle (c) serious and steady
  10. 10.🎭 Which voice suits comforting a younger child who is scared? (a) calm and gentle (b) cheerful and lively (c) serious and steady
  11. 11.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a serious and steady voice. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎭 Which voice suits telling a funny moment from a picnic? (a) calm and gentle (b) serious and steady (c) cheerful and lively
  13. 13.⏸️ Where is the best place to pause in a speech? (a) in the middle of a word (b) after every word (c) never at all (d) after an important point
  14. 14.⏸️ What does a short pause just before a key line do? (a) wastes the speech (b) confuses everyone (c) makes people leave (d) builds interest
  15. 15.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: dropping to a near-whisper for a secret is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎭 Which voice suits cheering your team before a match? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  18. 18.True or false: welcoming everyone to the school fair needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: giving safety steps for a fire drill needs a serious and steady voice. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎭 Which voice suits leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly? (a) cheerful and lively (b) serious and steady (c) calm and gentle
  21. 21.❔ When you ask a yes–no question in English, your voice often… (a) stops in the middle (b) gets very loud (c) rises at the end (d) goes silent
  22. 22.True or false: leading a quiet breathing exercise in assembly needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: speeding up for an exciting chase is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: a deep voice for a giant in a story? (a) pace (b) volume (c) pitch (d) a pause
  25. 25.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: waiting a second before the big reveal? (a) volume (b) pace (c) a pause (d) pitch
  26. 26.True or false: your voice rising at the end of a question is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how loud or soft you speak? (a) volume (b) a pause (c) pitch (d) pace
  28. 28.🤐 Instead of saying “um” again and again, it is better to… (a) speak faster (b) say “um” louder (c) pause silently (d) repeat the last word
  29. 29.True or false: reading a bedtime story to a little cousin needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🎭 Which voice suits reading a bedtime story to a little cousin? (a) serious and steady (b) cheerful and lively (c) calm and gentle
  31. 31.True or false: stopping for a moment after a key point is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pace. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: cheering your team before a match needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎵 Pitch is about how ___ your voice sounds. (a) high or low (b) long or short (c) fast or slow (d) loud or soft
  35. 35.True or false: slowing down for a phone number is about pitch. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: announcing a change in the exam timetable needs a calm and gentle voice. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: telling a funny moment from a picnic needs a cheerful and lively voice. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: speaking up so the back row hears? (a) a pause (b) pitch (c) pace (d) volume
  39. 39.True or false: how fast or slow you speak is about volume. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎚️ Which voice tool is this: how fast or slow you speak? (a) pace (b) volume (c) a pause (d) pitch

Answer key

  1. stress it a little
  2. True
  3. pace
  4. True
  5. False
  6. True
  7. cheerful and lively
  8. pitch
  9. cheerful and lively
  10. calm and gentle
  11. False
  12. cheerful and lively
  13. after an important point
  14. builds interest
  15. False
  16. True
  17. cheerful and lively
  18. False
  19. True
  20. calm and gentle
  21. rises at the end
  22. True
  23. True
  24. pitch
  25. a pause
  26. False
  27. volume
  28. pause silently
  29. True
  30. calm and gentle
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. high or low
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. volume
  39. False
  40. pace

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